ARMENIA TO HOLD INDEPENDENCE DAY RECEPTION AFTER A DECADE
Armenia will host its 35th Independence Day reception in Istanbul on Oct. 14. The event marks a rare diplomatic event in Turkey as the two neighbors work to normalize long-strained ties.
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FUND CRISIS HAMMERS MARKETS, SPARKS INTERVENTION
The central bank and other regulator bodies stepped in to stabilize financial markets after alleged market manipulation, fraud and fund mismanagement sparked a major equity sell-off and corporate defaults.
NO MORE TAX BREAKS
The government will discontinue its 'sliding scale' fuel tax offset mechanism at the end of 2026, shifting focus toward boosting budget revenues ahead of potential elections in 2027 or early 2028.
CHINESE TRAVEL PLATFORM PREPARES TURKEY ENTRY
Fliggy, Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s travel platform, is preparing to enter the Turkish market as parliament considers new legislation to regulate foreign digital booking platforms.
ROKETSAN AND STM TESTED NEW WEAPON SYSTEMS
UAV-300 missile test marked a milestone as the longest-range munition produced in Turkey and fired from an airborne platform.
ERDOĞAN'S MEETING WITH YAVAŞ IS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IN AKP'S MUNICIPAL PLAYBOOK
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş for the first time since the opposition took control of the capital amid rumors the mayor could be the next target of the judicial assault on opposition municipalities.
TREASON THEN, TARGET NOW: GOVERNMENT REVIVES BRIDGE PRIVATIZATION
The government has put the lucrative Bosphorus bridges and major state highways back on sale 14 years after cancelling a similar tender. The move comes as medium-term plans include significantly higher privatization revenue in the coming years.
İMAMOĞLU FIGHTS FOR UNPUBLISHED BOOK
Barred from social media and unable to deliver his defense at the first hearing of the Istanbul corruption trial, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is now challenging a court order banning the book in which he set out that defense.
NEIGHBORS SAY FORMER CENTRAL BANKER MAKES BODRUM LIFE MISERABLE
Hafize Gaye Erkan, who served for less than a year as Turkey’s first woman central bank governor, is under legal attack from neighbors in a luxury Bodrum resort who say she has made their lives unbearable.
INFLATION REMAINS ABOVE 30% FOR 57TH MONTH AS PAST TARGETS FALL SHORT
Annual consumer inflation in Turkey remained above 30% for the 57th consecutive month in August. Official figures from TurkStat put August inflation at 31.5%, slightly slower than 31.75% in July.
ANYMA'S ISTANBUL SHOW IN LIMBO
Although there has been no official statement from the Istanbul Governorship confirming the cancellation of a concert by producer Anyma in Istanbul, pro-government outlets reported that the show had been canceled after it was dubbed a 'satanist ritual.'
WHEN RULES BECOME GUIDELINES
In Pirates of the Caribbean, cornered by the Black Pearl, Elizabeth Swann invokes “parley” under the Pirata Codex. Barbossa, with the convenience of a man who commands the only ship in sight, decides the Code is not quite law. Closer, he explains, to guidance.